Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpng package, versions [,1.6.51)
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- published24 Nov 2025
- disclosed23 Nov 2025
- creditSamsung-PENTEST
Introduced: 23 Nov 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade libpng to version 1.6.51 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the png_do_quantize function, which lacks validation of external image data. An attacker can create a PNG file containing out-of-range palette indices, leading to out-of-bounds memory access.